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This cluster of Mr Brog pipes arrived today, and I wanted to show them off.
The Puella (Pattern #45) has a very similar sized bowl to my Mizzou. Dia 16mm x 30mm deep. I thought this might feel a little awkward in hand, but it doesn't, and the rusticated swell around the bottom sits securely between the index finger around the bowl, and the middle finger beneath. It's quirky, but I like it. It comes fitted with a stinger, but that will be discarded.
The Leader (#46) has a Dia 20mm x 38mm deep chamber. The mouthpiece is rather wide on this one, but doesn't feel spoiled by it. I imagine the crests or the rim detail will pick up some charring quite quickly, but I would expect that to add the the character, rather than diminish it. A very stable sitter. Another stinger pipe, but that's easily fixed.
The Chochla (#48) is a quirky squashed tomato style, with a Dia 20/21mm x 32mm bowl. I love the lumpy carved texture on this. It's quite a wobbly sitter, but always upright. I'm fancying this for English blends if it smokes them well.
The Cent doesn't have a patter number, but it has a Polish coin inset in the base. It has a generous Dia 20mm x 42mm deep chamber. Due to the nature of the bend, this one is drilled a little higher in the bowl, but appears to break through at the right point for a steeply bent shank angle.
All these are pearwood with a hard plastic stem, although Mr Brog also doea briar, clay, olive wood, acacia, and possibly others too. I don't expect them to be as long lasting and hard wearing as briar, but I would expect them to last as long as a cob, which is what they are essentially priced as. This whole shipment cost me pretty much the same as what 4 Mark Twain cobs would have cost, and the most expensive - the Cent - only cost around the same as a Dagner poker or Charles Town Cobbler.
Aside from the Cent, with it's fitted coin, they are all light too. In the order I listed them, they are 29g, 42g, 58g, and 70g respectively. I'm looking forward to getting them broken in.
This cluster of Mr Brog pipes arrived today, and I wanted to show them off.
The Puella (Pattern #45) has a very similar sized bowl to my Mizzou. Dia 16mm x 30mm deep. I thought this might feel a little awkward in hand, but it doesn't, and the rusticated swell around the bottom sits securely between the index finger around the bowl, and the middle finger beneath. It's quirky, but I like it. It comes fitted with a stinger, but that will be discarded.
The Leader (#46) has a Dia 20mm x 38mm deep chamber. The mouthpiece is rather wide on this one, but doesn't feel spoiled by it. I imagine the crests or the rim detail will pick up some charring quite quickly, but I would expect that to add the the character, rather than diminish it. A very stable sitter. Another stinger pipe, but that's easily fixed.
The Chochla (#48) is a quirky squashed tomato style, with a Dia 20/21mm x 32mm bowl. I love the lumpy carved texture on this. It's quite a wobbly sitter, but always upright. I'm fancying this for English blends if it smokes them well.
The Cent doesn't have a patter number, but it has a Polish coin inset in the base. It has a generous Dia 20mm x 42mm deep chamber. Due to the nature of the bend, this one is drilled a little higher in the bowl, but appears to break through at the right point for a steeply bent shank angle.
All these are pearwood with a hard plastic stem, although Mr Brog also doea briar, clay, olive wood, acacia, and possibly others too. I don't expect them to be as long lasting and hard wearing as briar, but I would expect them to last as long as a cob, which is what they are essentially priced as. This whole shipment cost me pretty much the same as what 4 Mark Twain cobs would have cost, and the most expensive - the Cent - only cost around the same as a Dagner poker or Charles Town Cobbler.
Aside from the Cent, with it's fitted coin, they are all light too. In the order I listed them, they are 29g, 42g, 58g, and 70g respectively. I'm looking forward to getting them broken in.